Buying a Condominium: Thailand Condominium Market Review

February 3 2012 Categories: Condominium Ownership, Thailand Property No comments yet

Colliers recently published its last property snapshot for 2009 and we would like to take this opportunity to review 2009  Thai condominium market. So, was 2009 a good or a bad year?

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Originally posted 2009-12-23 07:02:15.

Buying a Condominium: Thailand Condominium Market Review

Starting a Business vs Buying a Business

February 3 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

A client just asked me whether he should start a new business or buy an existing business. He is thinking to invest in restaurant business and found a restaurant for sale at 4,000,000 THB, which restaurant comes with a work permit and a company.

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Starting a Business vs Buying a Business

Doing Business in Thailand: Comparing 1997 to 2008 crisis

February 3 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

Note: This post is not entirely new. This subject was first posted as a Page called “Thailand Ratings”. I’m about to modify the look of the blog and decided that some of the subjects discussed in pages would now be treated as a post. Of course I updated the content of this post to reflect the current situation.

As we all know, Thailand was one of the victims hit hardest by the 1997 crisis, and many of Thailand’s top developers and financial institutions were bankrupted by the crisis.  Earlier in 2009 I was asking whether the 2008 financial crisis would see Thailand revisiting the troubles of 1997.

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Originally posted 2009-10-10 07:20:10.

Doing Business in Thailand: Comparing 1997 to 2008 crisis

Social Security Reduced Rates

February 3 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand No comments yet

Please be reminded that as a result of the damages resulting from the flood the government has temporary reduced the social security contributions due by employers and employees. I take this opportunity to remind you that social security contribution are calculated on a salary from 0 to 15,000 THB per month and that the part of the salary in excess to 15,000 THB is not take into account.

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Social Security Reduced Rates

Doing Business in Thailand: The Nominee Issues (Part 2)

February 1 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

Note: This post is not entirely new. This subject was first posted as a Page called “Nominee Issue”. I’m about to modify the look of the blog and decided that some of the subjects discussed in pages would now be treated as posts. Of course I updated the content of this post to reflect the current situation.

This post is a continuation of my previous post on the nominees issue and i will try here to explain how  does one make the distinction between a real shareholder on a nominee.

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Originally posted 2009-10-13 03:15:26.

Doing Business in Thailand: The Nominee Issues (Part 2)

Thailand Taxes: Introduction to Thai VAT

February 1 2012 Categories: Thailand Taxes No comments yet

The VAT system was introduced in Thailand in 1992 that is to say at the same time than the Special Business Tax (SBT). In a nutshell most transactions (exchange of goods or services) that are occurring in Thailand are either subjected to VAT or to the SBT.The principle of VAT is simple, any business which having a turnover of more than 1,800,000 THB per annum, and that is not subject to the Special Business Tax, must register for VAT within 30 days of the date they reach 1,800,000 THB in sales.

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Originally posted 2009-11-15 05:12:28.

Thailand Taxes: Introduction to Thai VAT

Doing Business in Thailand: Is it a developed and safe country?

February 1 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Understanding Thailand No comments yet

Is Thailand a safe country?

Yes. Thailand has low violent crime statistics compared to other countries such as France or the US. Of course, violence does exist but is not often directed at foreigners. While there are from time to time crimes against foreigners, they are still rarer than in your homeland and when foreigners do get into trouble, they, often bring it upon themselves.

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Originally posted 2009-07-23 13:06:14.

Doing Business in Thailand: Is it a developed and safe country?

Thanks to our readers

February 1 2012 Categories: What's Up at DBT No comments yet

This month we finally passed the bar of 10,000 readers per month. I have been working for 18 months on this blog and it is nice to see that my post are read. I would like therefore to take this opportunity to thanks all our faithful readers for their support.

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Thanks to our readers

Starting a Business in Thailand (4): Land Development

February 1 2012 Categories: Doing Business In Thailand, Thailand Business No comments yet

Land Development is an activity that attracts many foreign investors in Thailand. I often wonder why because it is really a tricky activity to invest into if you are a foreign investor for several reasons as follows:

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Originally posted 2009-11-10 06:17:05.

Starting a Business in Thailand (4): Land Development

Thailand Property: Difference between condos and apartments

February 1 2012 Categories: Condominium Ownership, Property General Issues, Thailand Property No comments yet

 

I was not satisfied with the content of Friday’s post and I redrafted it

To help you to better understand the difference between a condominium and an apartment building I need first to clarify the definition of the term of “condominium”. For example, most people in Thailand commonly associate the term “condominium” with the concept of an “individual unit” into a “multiple unit building” generally a high rise that may only be sold freehold but condominium ownership is actually far more than this.

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Originally posted 2009-09-27 07:36:30.

Thailand Property: Difference between condos and apartments